QB- Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan

RB- Michael Turner, Brandon Jacobs, Thomas Jones, Laurence Maroney, Kevin Jones

WR- Roy Williams, Roddy White, Anquan Boldin, Eddie Royal, Bobby Engram

TE- Tony Gonzalez

K- Stephen Gotskowski

Defense- Patriots

Alright so that is my team so far, let me know what you think about this team. I think i have a pretty solid chance at winning it all this season!

Positions we take a look into:

-Quarterback (Basically, the team that if there #1 goes down… They have a #2 that can start in the NFL)

-Running Back (Find the team with the BEST 1 – 2 punch)

-Wide Receiver (Finding the best #1 and #2 receiver duo in the league)

-Corner Back (Which 2 give offensive coordinators the biggest scare?)

-Tight End (Uh, Tight End Duo’s?)

-Safety (The 2 who terrorize opposing receivers across the middle)

-Linebacker Corps (Which 3 or 4 LB’s give the offense the toughest time?)

-Defensive End (2 Pass Rushing, Run Stopping Machines)

-Defensive Tackle (The best 2 DT’s of any team) note: we had some trouble because some of the best DT’s are in a 3-4 defense…

Quarterback

Winner: St. Louis Rams – Marc Bulger + Trent Green

After a tough debate, the Bleeping Idiots team came to decide on the St. Louis Rams as the best quarterback duo in the NFL. Our decision was decided on the fact that we feel that both of these quarterbacks have the ability to start in the NFL and win games on their shoulders.

I would say that Health is the biggest reason that we had a hard time deciding which team to go with. However, the Health issue aside, Marc Bulger has proven that he can be one of the better QBs in the league, and Trent Green has also proven that he can keep up with some of the best in the league. If it wasn’t for his most recent injuries, Trent Green would still be starting somewhere. I feel confident that if Marc Bulger goes down this year, the Rams would not miss a stride by having Trent Green take over.

Washington Redskins - Jason Campbell + Todd Collins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Jeff Garcia + Luke McCown(or Brian Griese)

Arizona Cardinals - Kurt Warner + Matt Leinart

Seattle Seahawks - Matt Hasselbeck + Seneca Wallace

Dallas Cowboys – Tony Romo + Brad Johnson

Running Back

Winner: Minnesota Vikings - Adrian Peterson + Chester Taylor

Our decision we made here was clear, the Vikings 1 – 2 punch of AP and Chester Taylor. As we saw last year, on AP’s “down days”, Chester picked up the slack effortlessly.

The work horse of the Vikings, Peterson, rushed for 1,341 yards for 12 touchdowns and a 5.6 yards per carry average. Last Year Chester rushed for 844 yards and 7 touchdowns with a whopping average of 5.4 yards per carry. These 2 running backs combined gave many defensive quarterbacks nightmares prior to gameday.

There are many good RB duos in the league these days and it was hard to pick the Vikings over such teams as the Jags and Redskins. However, the vote was unanimous, and there is no denying that the Vikings have the best backfield.

Jacksonville – Fred Taylor + Maurice Jones-Drew

San Diego Chargers - Ladainian Tomlinson + Darren Sproles

Washington Redskins – Clinton Portis + Ladell Betts

New Orleans Saints - Reggie Bush + Deuce Mcallister

Atlanta Falcons - Michael Turner + Jerious Norwood

Miami Dolphins - Ronnie Brown + Ricky Williams

Wide Receiver

Winner: Arizona Cardinals - Anquan Boldin + Larry Fitzgerald

Another fairly easy decision among the team at Bleeping Idiots… Fitzgerald had 100 receptions for 1,409 yards while Anquan had 71 catches for 853 yards and 9 TD’s. These 2 receivers reak havoc among secondaries. Don’t plan on bringing 8 into the box against this duo, they will have a field day.

Both receivers are superb route runners with excellent hands. Fitzgerald is taller and has an uncanny leaping ability to make difficult catches. Boldin is shorter but solid as a rock and is absolutely a beast to try to bring down after the catch. Now if they only had an elite QB throwing to them….

Detroit Lions - Roy Williams + Calvin Johnson

Green Bay Packers - Greg Jennings + Donald Driver

Indianapolis Colts - Reggie Wayne + Marvin Harrison

Cincinnati Bengals - Chad Johnson + TJ Houshmanzadeh

New England Patriots - Randy Moss + Wes Welker

Tight End

Winner: Tennessee Titans – Alge Crumpler + Bo Scaife

Now a Tight end Duo may seem to be a bit of a stretch, but with offensive coordinators doing whatever they can to confuse the defenses and create mismatches, a second tight end who can block and make plays when the ball is in the air is sometimes just what every offense could be looking for.

New York Jets - Chris Baker + Dustin Keller

Cleveland Browns - Kellen Winslow + Martin Rucker

Chicago Bears - Desmond Clark + Greg Olson

Washington Redskins - Chris Cooley + Fred Davis

New Orleans Saints - Jeremy Shockey + Mark Campbell

Corner Back

Winner: San Diego Chargers - Quintin Jammer + Antonio Cromartie

After a long heated debate, the Chargers took this one, and they really only won by a small margin when our football specialists put it to a vote. But the fact is, both Cromartie and Jammer are incredible man coverage corners as well as being absolute ball hawks. Because of their abilities to not only play the pass but also the run, the Chargers get this seasons award for best corner back duo

This was a hard decision…We all liked different teams. I mean Denver is excellent and has probably the best CB in the league in Bailey. We did not pick the Packers CB duo mostly because of their age. I feel like Denver comes in a VERY close second, and then the Raiders…However, Jammer is such a big physical CB that he is able to shut down opposing WRs with his strength. Cromartie has shown that he is a playmaker with excellent speed.

Oakland Raiders – Deangelo Hall + Nnamdi Asomugha

Baltimore Ravens - Samari Rolle + Chris McAlister

Denver Broncos - Dre Bly + Champ Bailey

Dallas Cowboys - Terrence Newman +Adam “Pac Man” Jones

Philadelphia Eagles - Asante Samuel + (Sheldon Brown or Lito Sheppard)

Green Bay Packers - Charles Woodson + Al Harris

Carolina Panthers - Ken Lucas + Chris Gamble

Safety

Winner: Indianapolis Colts - Bob Sanders + Antonie Bethea

This one was another close one, it was a tie between the Vikings and the Colts but due to the Injury to Madieu Williams the Colts ended up taking this one by default. Not to say however that they do not deserve it, these two safeties are young and stellar athletes, so i would not be surprised to see them take this title for years to come.

The vote was split on this one, but majority ruled in this case. Personally I think that the Colts safeties get more credit than they are due because of the fact that their offense usually jumps out to give the team a significant lead, and the Defense sits back in their zone defense the rest of the game. Reason’s aside, the Colts are the best duo at safety.

Buffalo Bills - Donte Whitner + Ko Simpson

Cleveland Browns - Sean Jones + Brodney Pool

Baltimore Ravens - Ed Reed + Dwayne Landry

Oakland Raiders - Gibril Wilson + Michael Huff

Minnesota Vikings – Darren Sharper + Madieu Williams

Linebacker

Winner: San Diego Chargers - Shawne Merriman + Matt Wilhelm + Stephen Cooper + Shaun Phillips

The chargers have now officially taken their second award, and with good reason too. Last season Merriman registered 68 tackles with 12.5 of the being sacks. Team that up with Phillips 8.5 sacks and Coopers 108 tackles and you got a squad of LB’s that every team will fear.

Chicago Bears - Brian Urlacher + Lance Briggs + Hunter Hillenmeyer

Pittsburgh Steelers - Lamar Woodley + James Harrison + James Farrior + Larry Foote

New York Jets - Calvin Pace + Eric Barton + David Harris + Vernon Gholston

Dallas Cowboys - Greg Ellis + Bradie James + Zach Thomas + DeMarcus Ware

Baltimore Ravens - Ray Lewis + Terrell Suggs + Bart Scott

Defensive End

Winner: Green Bay Packers - Aaron Kampman + Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila

I feel like this one was another tough call, and with DE it is so hard to really narrow down who the best is because of the different breeds of DE’s these days. Nowadays you have the 4-3 DE who is usually pretty good against the run, but specializes in getting after that passer. Then you have the 3-4 end who I feel is really more of a tackle than an end. So with this years award for best DE duo, we decided to give it to a team who has the total package and thus the Green Bay packers will win the best DE combo for totally a combo of 21.5 sacks along with a combined 90 tackles and three forced fumbles.

Seattle Seahawks - Patrick Kerney + Darryl Tapp

New York Giants - Osi Umenyiora + Justin Tuck

Indianapolis Colts – Dwight Freeney + Robert Mathis

New Orleans Saints - Charles Grant + Will Smith

Chicago Bears - Adewale Ogunleye + Mark Anderson + Alex Brown

Defensive Tackle

Winner: Minnesota Vikings - Kevin Williams + Pat Williams

The decision for defensive tackle duo’s was not even questioned. These 2 leaders of the defensive line led the league in rush defense. We could not find any team that could compare with this duo to even make us think twice about them. The 6-3 317 and 6-5 311 run stopping machines clog up just about everything….

Basically…the Vikings had the best Run Defense in the league, that right there speaks volumes about the Interior defensive linemen. These two are beasts and just eat up space in the middle…hard to argue with that.

Pittsburgh Steelers - Casey Hampton + Chris Hoke

Jacksonville Jaguars – John Henderson + Rob Meier

Houston Texans - Travis Johnson + Amobi Okoye

Worst Teams in 2007 by Record:

Miami Dolphins (1-15)

St Louis Rams (3-13)

Atlanta Falcons (4-12)

Oakland Raiders (4-12)

Kansas City Chiefs (4-12)

Baltimore Ravens (5-11)

San Francisco 49ers (5-11)

Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins are in what coaches are terrified to say, the “R” word… Rebuilding. The Dolphins last year offensively were ranked 27th in points, 28th in yards, 24th in passing, and 23rd in rushing. Defensively, 30th in points, 23rd in yards, 4th in pass yards, and 32nd in rush yards.

Top Players

• Channing Crowder
• Jason Allen (Should step up big this season)
• Joey Porter
• Ronnie Brown

Why They Will be the Worst

The Dolphins this year will be led by QB Josh McCown who last year threw for 10 td’s and 11 int’s with a QB rating of 69.4 over 9 games. Ouch. And if It is not McCown behind center, it will be young struggling QB John Beck. RB Ronnie Brown is coming off of a torn ACL, and we all know that is not an easy injury to recover from as a running back… If Brown is not healthy Ricky Williams will be carrying the rock who also was placed on IR with a torn chest muscle last season. Now for the starting receivers(Ernest Wilford + Ted Ginn), this is probably the easiest matchup of any receiver duo any team will see this season. On the Defensive side of the ball, they got rid of Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor(Great Move! *sarcasm*) and the secondary is undersized at best

St. Louis Rams

In 07, the Rams offensively ranked 28th in points, 24th in yards, 19th in pass yards, and 25th in rush yards. Defensively they were 31st in points, 21st in yards, 21st in pass yards, 20th in rush yards.

Top Players

• Stephen Jackson
• Marc Bulger
• Torry Holt
• Orlando Pace
• O.J. Atogwe

Why they will be the worst

Reason 1 is that they are the Rams, I feel like that is enough said right their but just in case you would like to know a little more about why the Rams are almost a lock for the bottom 5 here it goes. Last season the Rams ranked 24th in the NFL in total offense averaging just shy of 300 total yards per game accompanied by a pitiful 16 points per game. The Rams were also 31st in the league in ppg game allowed and 21st in yards per game allowed. Those are just stats tho, the major concern comes with the fact that they really didn’t do a whole lot to help themselves out on either side of the ball (yes Rams fans i know they got Chris Long but it is naive to honestly think he is gonna single handedly change things). Honestly the best thing they got going for them right now is that they should hopefully have a healthy offensive line this season and they finally got a veteran backup for Marc Bulger, in Trent Green. All in all, look for the Rams to finish in the bottom 5 of the league with a record similar to last seasons (4-12) if not worse

Atlanta Falcons

In 07, the Falcons offensively ranked 29th in points, 23rd in yards, 18th in pass yards, 26th in rush yards. Defensively, they ranked 29th in points, 29th in yards, 23rd in pass yards, and 26th in rush yards.

Top Players

• Michael Boley
• Keith Brooking
• Roddy White
• Michael Turner
• Chris Houston (Unproven, but arguably one of the best press coverage guys around)
• Jerious Norwood

Why they will be the worst

You can sum up the reason the falcons will be the worst in just a few words. These words are inexperience at major positions. Just take a quick look at what the Falcons are facing this season, They are projected to start QB Chris Redman who until last season no one had heard from in 3 seasons. I will however say that he did an ok job last season but the chances of him coming in and being the leader that young team needs is slim to none. Behind Redman, their is Falcons first round selection Matt Ryan who is talented but has never played a down of NFL football. It only gets worse Falcons fans, you have a RB who although may be extremely talented and most likely will be a star, had never carried the full load for a team in his NFL career. The inexperience goes from QB to RB to TE to OL to DL, LB, CB,and S. Basically, don’t look for the Falcons to resurrect themselves just yet (in a couple years from now though, they should be a force to be reckoned with) And as if all that was not enough to take the Falcons down, you must also factor in that they were 24th in total offense last season and an embarrassing 29th in total defense.

Oakland Raiders

in 07, the Raiders offensively ranked 23rd in points, 25th in yards, 31st in pass yards, 6th in rush yards. Defensively, they ranked 26th in points, 22nd in yards, 8th in pass yards, and 31st in rush yards.

Top Players

• Javon Walker
• Darren McFadden (Unproven)
• Jamarcus Russell (Unproven)
• Deangelo Hall
• Derrick Burgess

Why they will be the worst

This is a tough one for me because although I do not feel they are going to be anything incredible, i cannot fully decide weather or not they will be the worst. Last season the Raiders were awful and their is no denying that but now with all the moves that Al Davis has made, the Oakland Raiders are now home to more superstar athletes than the 2008 Olympics. I mean their average players 40 is like a 4.3 (slight exaggeration, but look at Hall, Huff, McFadden, Walker, Routt, Fargas, Higgins, not to mention that Howard is easily one of the fastest LB’s in the league) anyway, I feel that the Oakland team as a whole could be a boom or bust team, they have the potential to blow up and fight for a spot in that division. With the young combo of Jamarcus Russell and McFadden, the Raiders could very easily end up surprising people. Unfortunately for them, they still have some major holes to fill and history is against them, so look for them to improve on last season, but still remain one of the NFL’s worst this season.

Kansas City Chiefs

in 07, the Cheifs offensively ranked 31st in points, 31st in yards, 20th in pass yards, 32nd in rush yards. Defensively, they ranked 14th in points, 13th in yards, 5th in pass yards, and 28th in rush yards.

Top Players

• Larry Johnson
• Derrick Johnson
• Dwayne Bowe
• Tony Gonzalez

Why they will be the worst

As far as I am concerned the Chiefs really only have two flaws, and that doesn’t sound like a team that belongs among the leagues worst. Unless of course those two major flaws happen to be extreme inconsistency at the Quarterback and Offensive line positions which the Chiefs currently have. If someone would have asked me a couple years ago (when the Chiefs drafted Croyle expecting him to eventually become the teams leader) if I thought they made a good decision, i would have laughed in their face. Croyle is not the answer and that is unfortunate for the Chiefs because now they are stuck with him (The eagles will experience the same “We’re Dumb” feeling when they realize that they passed on 2-3 talented QB’s and ended up with Kolb) The offensive line is the next problem and oh is it a big one, the Chiefs who used to boast one of the NFL’s best O-lines currently have one of its worst and until they can get their tackles to step up and start playing professional football than they will continue to have this problem. I like the move they made this year in drafting Virginia’s big boy Branden Albert but the transition from collegiate gaurd to NFL offensive Tackle can really be a tough one. What maybe the Chiefs only chance of a decent season is if they suck it up and realize that Croyle is not the answer and let Damon Huard take over again. But even that will not be enough, look for them to be one of the first names the commissioner calls during next seasons draft.

Baltimore Ravens

in 07, the Ravens offensively ranked 24th in points, 22nd in yards, 23rd in pass yards, 16th in rush yards. Defensively, they ranked 22nd in points, 6th in yards, 20th in pass yards, and 2nd in rush yards.

Top Players

• Ray Lewis
• Willis McGahee
• Chris McAllister
• Ed Reed
• Terrell Suggs

Why they will be the worst

The Ravens are in for a new surprise with coach John Harbaugh. Unlike Billick, Harbaugh actually run’s a very intense camp and preseason that many’ players will make or break in. The Ravens are returning a dominating defense, but are still lacking in the one spot that has hurt them for a long time now. Quarterback. Troy Smith will be taking snaps this season as the predicted starter, but has not proven himself at all. Smith’s major upside is that he is very quick and mobile, not necessarily fast but very quick burst, and it is that escapability that helps make him a better choice. The position is very shaky at the moment but they finally have young talent that will soon be a strongpoint of their team in years to come.

San Francisco 49ers

In 07, the 49ers offensively ranked 24th in points, 22nd in yards, 23rd in pass yards, 16th in rush yards. Defensively, they ranked 22nd in points, 6th in yards, 20th in pass yards, and 2nd in rush yards.

Top Players

• Frank Gore
• Patrick Willis
• Nate Clements
• Isaac Bruce (new addition)
• Vernon Davis

Why they will be the worst

The 49ers are still deciding between their starting quarterback, they are going back and forth with Shaun Hill and Alex Smith. The 49ers new offensive coordinator Mike Martz is very pass heavy, so don’t expect Frank Gore to produce much this season. Martz’s offense is not going to be as productive as the past due to the reason that their 2 best offensive players are their tight end and running back. Defensively the 49ers don’t have a dominating pass rusher on the d-line to help compliment speedy Manny Lawson.

Additional Teams for Consideration

• Cincinatti Bengals
• Carolina Panthers
• New York Jets (They were originally on the list, but we removed them due to the high number of big time free agents they acquired)